Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (1988) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Emlyn Hughes International Soccer

EHIS gameplay included the basic running, kicking, shooting style but also had advanced technique gameplay which added depth and realism to the game. For example; turning naturally involved changing direction…

80 31 December 1988

What Emlyn Hughes International Soccer is

Emlyn Hughes International Soccer was released in 1988. It was published by Audiogenic Software Ltd.. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

EHIS gameplay included the basic running, kicking, shooting style but also had advanced technique gameplay which added depth and realism to the game. For example; turning naturally involved changing direction of the joystick, but instead of coming to a halt straight away, the player would slow down, stop and start to run in the direction of the joystick. EHIS advanced techniques included The '5-direction' option. This meant that you could pass and shoot up to 5 different directions from where your player is facing. This was achieved by holding the fire button and pushing the joystick at an angle from where your player is running and releasing the button. Other techniques include…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Emlyn Hughes International Soccer holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 70% of the 1,610 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Emlyn Hughes International Soccer launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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